Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion ...

The volcanologist on the island of Vanuatu who walks barefoot over cooled lava fields tells NPR's Don Gonyea how to see nature at its most primeval.

The Tamil Nadu election has begun with a sharp political message from Chief Minister MK Stalin, who turned his nomination ...

Around the world, volcanologists are following the path of magma as it travels between connected volcanoes, in an effort that ...

Following Sacro Gra (which earned him the Golden Lion at Venice) and Fire at Sea (chronicling the migration crisis in ...

An explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Texas caused officials to issue a warning for some residents in the west ...

Kelsey Waghorn was a 25-year-old tour guide and one of 47 people on New Zealand's White Island when it erupted on December 9, ...

People in Northeast Ohio were in for quite a shock on Tuesday when they heard -- and some say even felt -- a loud explosion ...

The fireball, which Nasa confirmed to have fallen near Cleveland, broke the sound barrier and caused a kaboom as it landed.

A loud ‘boom’ was reported across northeast Ohio just before 9 a.m. on Tuesday. Nexstar’s WJW viewers flooded its newsroom with reports of what sounded like a “large explosion” lasting several seconds ...

Jason Dozzell scored for Ipswich Town in the First Division in 1984, aged 16 years and 57 days old. On Saturday, Max Dowman ...

A new detection method called “Jerk” could dramatically improve how scientists forecast volcanic eruptions. By using a single broadband seismometer, the system can detect extremely subtle ground ...